The journey of patient portals in New Zealand general practice: early learnings and key challenges
Sue Wells
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Correspondence to: Sue Wells, Section of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Population Health, University of Auckland, P.O. Box 92019 Auckland Mail Centre, Auckland, New Zealand. Email: s.wells@auckland.ac.nz
Journal of Primary Health Care 9(4) 237-239 https://doi.org/10.1071/HCv9n4_ED2
Published: 20 December 2017
Journal Compilation © Royal New Zealand College of General Practitioners 2017.
This is an open access article licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.
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